title: Highly chirped single-bandpass microwave photonic filter with reconfiguration capabilities.
abstract: We propose a novel photonic structure to implement a chirped single-bandpass microwave photonic filter based on the amplitude modulation of a broadband optical signal transmitted by a non-linear dispersive element and an interferometric system prior to balanced photodetection. A full reconfigurability of the filter is achieved since amplitude and phase responses can be independently controlled. We have experimentally demonstrated chirp values up to tens of ns/GHz, which is, as far as we know, one order of magnitude better than others achieved by electrical approaches and furthermore, without restrictions in terms of frequency tuning since a frequency operation range up to 40 GHz has been experimentally demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: ITEAM Research Institute, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, C/Camino de Vera, s/n 46022 Valencia, Spain. mabobo1@iteam.upv.es
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bolea
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mora
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Capmany
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005374:Filtration / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008872:Microwaves; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000295:instrumentation*